Bad Axe businesses enticing ladies downtown with day of their own

TRACI ANDERSON

Published 1:19 pm, Monday, April 25, 2016

The Bad Axe Chamber of Commerce and Bad Axe retailers are hosting a Ladies Day Out Townwide Sales event to help jump-start the holiday shopping season. Participating stores will open at 9 a.m. and stay open until 9 p.m. Each store will have special sales and tasty refreshments to make holiday shopping enjoyable.

If they're so inclined, ladies can pick a special present for themselves, too.

Ladies also can register to win Holiday Bucks at any participating store. There will be three drawings for a $25, $50, and $100 prize. The Holiday Bucks can be spent at any participating business in Bad Axe.

Those ladies who are worried what to do with their tots while they shop can rest easy as the Bad Axe Theatre is showing the animated movie "The Incredibles" and is offering special prices on popcorn and pop. Moms can drop their children off at the movie and do their shopping.

The idea for Ladies Day Out originated when Tammy and Kevin DeBoer, who purchased Stein-Walker in May, decided to do a clearance sale and offer extended hours. Employee Bernie Gay suggested asking other downtown businesses to get involved, and the idea flourished from there.

"The chamber has been very supportive and the businesses are excited," Tammy DeBoer said. "The goal is to get some Christmas shoppers into (downtown Bad Axe)."

DeBoer said the downtown businesses plan to start meeting monthly to plan future events to get people into downtown Bad Axe.